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Half the student population of Fairfax Country, Virginia, has a native language other than English, some 100 languages are spoken in schools. All told, the population of US. students whose English are limited has jumped 22 percent in the just two years. Teachers of English, as a Second Language ( ESL) take students in small groups for a period each day to teach them in basic English or team - teach in the classroom to help students understand the work . They seldom use the students' languages to get their message across, unlike bilingual programmers. Bilingual education has opened up an argument about whether teaching children in their native tongues does harm to them in the long run.

1．It is learned that in Fairfax Country ________.

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A．50% of the students don't speak English

B．English is the native language of 50% students

C．the English language and another native language are spoken

D．English and another native language are spoken

2．In many schools of Fairfax Country, Virginia, ________

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A．English is not taught

B．students only learn basic English

C．students are only taught in their native languages

D．English is used as a second language.

3．We may infer that in bilingual programmers teachers are allowed to teach ________

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A．not only in English but in students native languages

B．only in students' native languages

C．either in the classroom or at home

D．just in basic English

4．What does the writer most probably think of the bilingual education?

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A．It is helpful to the students whose native languages are not English.

B．It can not help students understand their work.

C．It may do harm to students in the end.

D．It does no harm to non- natives of Americans.

Answer 1

答案：B;D;A;C
解析：

1．B文中第一句有此答案即一半的学生母语为英语。 2．D文中第三句有此答案即英语被作为第二语言使用。 3．A由第四、五句知，不仅用英语而且用学生的母语教学。 4．C由全文看作者认为这种教育可能对学生没好处。